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07-24-2008, 01:12 PM
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| Super Fish  Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: ft. lauderdale
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|  btw even the ugly pieces of "dead" rubble i threw in my sump are now cover in pink coraline 
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07-24-2008, 01:14 PM
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| Little Fish  Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Savage, MN
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| No, but it does need to be alive. Should I leave the bioball chamber empty or should I put something else in it. Should I leave the Pre-filter pad in. Its nice to have in cause it catches any crap that might get in the system.
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07-24-2008, 01:17 PM
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| Little Fish Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Savage, MN
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| Ok, will sift through the bucket of tonga rock and pick out the nice pieces and put those in the sump. They don't have any grwth on them what so ever. I will have to pick up a small PC light to put on top of my sump then.
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07-24-2008, 01:23 PM
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| Super Fish  Join Date: May 2005 Location: South Carolina
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| We got pieces and 'junk' rock from the bottom of the bins at my LFS when we had SW. The more porous and lighter the better.
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07-24-2008, 02:50 PM
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| Super Fish Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: ft. lauderdale
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| hey all those pieces of rock you say are dead will become live if u put them in either the sump or display tank... id use them all!
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07-24-2008, 11:17 PM
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| Little Fish Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Savage, MN
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| Ok, bioballs are out and chamber is empty. Filled up Main chamber with tonga rock minus areas where heater and skimmer are.
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07-25-2008, 09:20 AM
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| Super Fish Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: ft. lauderdale
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| sounds good! i know how bad u wanted to leave the bio balls in but u did the right thing how bout some pics?
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07-25-2008, 11:02 AM
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| Super Fish  Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: NE Indiana
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| I agree, you've done the right thing. People confuse the term "live rock" and think it refers only to rock covered in coraline or other "visible" growth. The term live refers to rock that is coated in beneficial bacteria and unless you have some mighty microspopic vision I doubt you could tell just by looking at it if it were live or dead. Any rock that was in the previous set up is probably live and will benefit your new set up. Bioballs are okay in a fish only tank where nitrate buildup isn't a major concern......but are not recommended in a reef due to their becoming a nitrate sink. As to the filter pads, that is hit or miss but would need to be kept clean to be effective. I would definitely upgrade on your skimmer......pm me, I have a used Aqua Remora Urchin Pro that I used in my sump on my 75.....works great and maybe we could work out a deal..... 
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07-25-2008, 11:05 AM
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| Super Fish Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: ft. lauderdale
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| u get a new skimmer lorna?
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